Son of the illustrious Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zlochov, the humble and accepting Rebbe Wolfe became the opposite of his stern and demanding father. He always sided with the one who was whipped, or poor, or accused. Indeed, he went even further in this regard than the Baal Shem Tov: the latter saw the potential good in every Jew while Rebbe Wolfe saw them as good. Like Rebbe Zusia he had a genius for humility. Modest in aspiration, Rebbe Wolfe nevertheless “brought redemption on a small scale to individuals around him.” His move to Israel perhaps finally achieved the anonymity he always sought. A sort of anti-Rebbe, he wanted to be not the great light but rather a “shadow that recedes at dawn or twilight.”